Kentucky-Wallins Coal

EMPLOYEE WAS REOMOVING SPILL BOARD AT TAILPIECE WHEN A PIECE OF DRAW ROCK APPROX 2' BY 3' BY 1-4" THICK FELL, STRIKING HIS BACK.

EE WAS REMOVING A GUARD FROM A BELT DRIVE WHEN FOREIGN MATERIAL WENT INTO RIGHT EYE. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION USED.

EE WAS REPAIRING BATTERY PERSONNEL CARRIER. AS HE STARTED TO RECONNECT LEAD TO 6-VOLT BATTERY, THE BATTERY BLEW UP, SPRAYING MATERIAL ONTO HIS FACE AND INTO HIS EYES. (HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GL ASSES).

EE WAS OPERATING A REMOTE-CONTROLLED CONTINUOUS MINER WHEN A ROCK ROLLED OFF THE RIB AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

ROOF FALL MEASURING APPROX 18' W BY 50' L BY 4-8' H FOUND DURING WEEKLY TRAVEL OF BLEEDER SYSTEM. LOCATED APPROX 140' IN BY SURVEY STATION #2359. NO PERSONS, EQUIPMENT OR VENTILATION AFFECTED. WILL NOT BE CLEANED UP. AREA WILL BE TIMBERED OFF. REPOTED BY PHONE TO MSHA.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO MANTRIP STATION WHEN HE STRUCK RIGHT EYE AGAINST A PIECE OF WIRE USED TO HANG CAB LEG. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS USED FOR PREVENTITIVE PURPOSE. REGULAR WORK SCHEDUL E IS MON-THURS.

EE WAS HELPING CURTAIL TRACK. AS A RAIL WAS BEING LAID ONTO A FLATCAR, IT TURNED OVER, CAUSING EE TO TWIST LOWER BACK. HE DID NOT GO TO THE DR.UNTIL 5-13-02 (CONTINUED WORKING AT REG. DUTY), WHEN HE WAS TAKEN OFF WORK. HE RETURNED TO REG. DUTY ON 5-19-02.

EE WAS OPERATING A SCOOP WHEN A PIECE OF SLATE MEASURING UP TO 8'LONG BY 2"TO 23"WIDE BY 0-8" THICK FELL ON HIM. HE SUFFERED BURST FRACTURE TOVERTEBRA T-6 AND A MODERATE FRACTURE TO VERTEBRA T-5. SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED 5/8/02.

EE WAS WATCHING CRAWLER DRIVE GEAR TO ALIGN IT FOR WELDING WHEN PIECE OF METAL ENTERED HIS EYE (HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES). PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS USED, AS USUAL.

FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS BLOWN BEHIND EE'S SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS RT. EYE. AS HE STARTED A BELT DRIVE. HE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK DUE TO THE INJURY, BUT PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS USED. NO MATE RIAL WAS IN HIS EYE WHEN HE SAW A DR.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO KNOCK A BEARING OFF A DRIVE SHAFT WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE BEARING BROKE OFF AND PENETRATED HIS LEFT HAND. THE PIECE OF METAL WAS SO SMALL THAT IT POSED NO PROBLEM (ACCORDING TO DOCTOR) BUT DOCTOR ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE IT. COULD NOT FIND METAL BUT INCISION MADE REQUIRED SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING CUTTING TORCH TO TAKE DOWN BELT STRUCTURE WHEN HE CUT BOLT HOLDING STRUCTURE TO ROOF, STRUCTURE FELL, STRIKING EE ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT FROM BEHIND SAFETY TOE AND BROKE BONE ON TOP OF FOOT. EE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM WORK FOR UNRELATED MEDICAL REASONS ON 7-11-01. FRACTURE DISCOVERED 7-19-01.

EE WAS BOLTING TOP CAUGHT WEB OF HAND AND R THUMB BETWEEN PEICES OF STEEL R HAND. WAS WEARING GLOVES.

LIFTING CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE, FELT STRAIN TO GROIN, CONTINUED WORKING REGULAR DUTIES UNTIL BEGAN MISSING WORK 2-27-01.

EE WAS REMOVING A ROPE CLAMP FROM A WIRE ROPE WHEN THE ROPE SLIPPED, CAUSING THE CLAMP TO STRIKE THE FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.

EE WAS CRAWLING IN NUMBER 3 ENTRY ON 003 MMU WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE. HE WORKED AT REGULAR DUTY UNTIL 10-28-00. WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 10-30-00, HAS BEEN OFF SINCE.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER TO DRIVE WHEEL ONTO ROOF BOLTER. HE HIT SIDE OF HWEEL AND FACE OF HAMMER GLANCED, CUASING HIS INDEX FINGE RON HIS RIGHT HAND TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE WHEEL AN D HTE HAMMER HANDLE. FRACTURE TO END OF FINGR AND LACERATION. NORMAL WORK DAYS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HANG A CONTINUOUS MINER CABLE WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LOAD A SHUTTLE CAR TIRE INTO THE BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT THUMB. SUTURES REQUIRED.

EE SLIPPED EXPERIENCED PAIN IN KNEE

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH MOVING CONTINUOUS MINER, WHEN THE PULL ROPE ON THE CABLE SLIPPED, HEGRABBED THE CABLE. THE PULL ROPE CAUGHT HIS HANDAGAINST THE CABLE, MASHING HIS FINGERS. SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO HIS LITTLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT RIGHT KNEE BEGAN HURTING AND SWELLING DURING THE SHIFT, NO KNOWN INJURY OR PRIOR INJURY. HE WORKED AT REGULAR JOB UNTIL HE BEGAN MISSING WORK 11-27-00.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A PERMANENT VENTILATION STOPPING WHEN DEBRIS FLIPPED INTO HIS EYE, BY THE BOTTOM OF THE STOPPING FLIPPING UP.

EE WAS POSITIONED IN NO. 4 ENTRY WHEN SHUTTLE CAR OPERATOR MISJUDGE LOCATION OF XCUT, TRAVELING TOO FAR BEFORE TURNING INTO XCUT. THE SHUTTLE CAR STRUCK INJURED, CAUSING TRAUMA TO HIS ABDOMINA L AREA. (HE WAS NOT CAUGHT BETWEEN OBJECTS OR ROLLED).

EE WAS TRAMMING ROOF BOLTER. AS HE WENT OVER A ROLL, THE REAR TRAM COMPARTMENT SUDDENLY RAISED CAUSING HIS HEAD TO STRIKE THE ROOF. THIS RESULTED IN A SPRAIN TO HIS NECK. DID NOT GO TO DR. UNT IL 1-20-00. DID NOT MISS WORK UNTIL 1-21-00.

SAWING TIMBERS TO SET ON PILLAR LINE, BOW SAW KICKED OUT AND STRUCK RIGHT INDEX FINGER. EMPLOYEEDID NOT WORK 1-8 AND 9 DUE TO HAVING FLU-BROUGHTIN DOCTOR'S EXCUSE TO VERIFY. RETURNED TO REGULA R DUTY BY DOCTOR ON 1-7-00.

WATER WAS OBSERVED ACCUMULATING IN THE 001/002 INTAKE, BY THE MINE SUPERINTENDENT. WHEN HE FOUND WATER ALSO ACCUMULATING IN THE RETURN, HE REMOVED THE PRODUCTION CREW TO LOCATION UNTIL ORIGIN DETERMINED. VENTILATION WAS NEVER DISRUPTED.

EE WAS OPERATING A PERSONNEL CARRIER WHICH BECAME STUCK ON A HILL. HE ASKED THE OPERATOR OF ANOTHER PERSONNEL CARRIER TO GIVE HIM A PUSH. AS THE OTHER VECHILE APPROACHED, IT LOST TRACTION AND THEN SUDDENLY REGAINED TRACTION, STRIKING EE VEHICLE HARDER THAN EXPECTED, CAUSING HIM TO BEND BACKWARD.

EE WAS RERAILING A TRACK ROCKDUSTER. AS HE WAS LOWERING THE LIFTING JACK, THE JACK TWISTED, CAUSING THE JACK BAR TO STIKE HIS RIGHT HAND. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT THUMB.

EE WAS WALKING AROUND A SHUTTLE CAR AND STRUCK HIS HEAD. AGAINST A BELT HANGER. HE DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL 6-5-99. HAD NOT MISSED WORK UNTIL 6-8-99.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ROOF BOLT ONTO ROOF BOLTER HEAD. WHEN HE STARTED AND UPLIFT TO INSERT BOLT INTO HOLE, HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT, FRACTURING AND DISLOCATING HIS FINGER(S).

EE WA ASSISTING THE OTHER EE'S PULLING A FEEDER CABLE WHEN THE OTHER EE'S (ALL BEHIND HIM) STOPPED SUDDENLY, CAUSING THE EE TO FALL. HE STRUCK HIS FACE AGAINST THE MINE FLOOR

EE STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN WHILE PULLING ON A WRENCH TO LOOSEN BOLTS. HE DID NOT GO TO A DR UNTIL 12-15-98.

EE ALLEGED THAT HE RAN OVER A ROCK IN THE ROADWAY WHILE OPERATING A SCOOP, CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE AND STRIKE HIS HEAD AGAINST THE CANOPY.

INJURED WAS WALKING INTO THE MINE IN THE BELT ENTRY AND STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A ROOF BOLT BEARING PLATE WHICH WAS BENT DOWN. 8 SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND TO HIS LEFT EAR.

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH REPAIRS ON CONTINUOUS MINER. HE HELPED THE REPAIRMAN LIFT AN ENCLSURE COVER, WHICH HE ESTIMATED TO WEIGHT APPROX. 25 LBS AND EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT LEG AND LOWER B ACK. DIAGNOSED BY DR AS LOW BACK STRAIN.